Snead State coach accused of assault after student's nose broken

BOAZ, Alabama -- A Snead State Community College baseball coach has been arrested and accused of assault after allegedly breaking a basketball player's nose while intervening in a fight between students, WHNT News 19 reports.

Boaz police say baseball coach Casey Underwood turned himself on a warrant for simple assault filed by basketball player Orlandis Hill, who suffered the broken nose when coaches were breaking up a fight between him and a baseball player, WHNT reports. Hill told police Underwood grabbed him around the throat, slammed him to the ground and shoved his face into the concrete floor, WHNT reports.

Underwood and the women's basketball coach, Jarrod Plummer, have filed a police report against Hill, who they say was violent and attempted to hit and shove them, WHNT reports.